God’s Own Pawn Shop
A Reading in Two Parts
Missing Persons invites you to God’s Own Pawn Shop, a new performance by The Little Theatre that tells an imaginary and fragmented tale of possession, capitalism, domestic violence and the redemptive power of love. God’s Own Pawn Shop holds as many stories of hope and despair as it does redeemable goods.
The Little Theatre is the creation of Daylesford artist Jeff Stewart. With a varied career exhibiting drawings and paintings – as well as working as an artist in youth and adult detention and various community groups – for the past seven years Jeff’s interests in art, writing and performance have taken shape in the intimate shows of The Little Theatre. Scripted and performed by Jeff in front of audiences of less than 20 people, each show takes place inside a handcrafted portable booth known in the world of puppetry as a castelet. In this intimate setting, audiences closely encounter the vivid stories and the hand-painted set designs that house them.
God’s Own Pawn Shop features live narration by Jeff’s longtime collaborator Stuart Grant. Formerly a senior lecturer at the Centre For Theatre and Performance at Monash University, Stuart is also founding co-director of ecological site-specific performance group Environmental Performance Authority. He’s also a founding member of legendary Australian post-punk group Primitive Calculators, who formed in Melbourne in 1978 and are still active today.
As with The Little Theatre’s previous performance at Missing Persons (The Red Geranium and Its Almost Taste of Pepper, 2019), God’s Own Pawn Shop is a free public event. Seats are strictly limited – please make a reservation to attend one of the two evening performances through Eventbrite.
Date: Saturday 30 January, 5:45pm and 7:15pm. Attend on Facebook